Suspect charged in October robbery-shooting identified as victim of weekend homicide in Mobile

Tyrone Taylor, charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling during in a raucous October 18 incident in Mobile, has been identified as the victim of a November 5, 2017 homicide.Mobile Metro Jail

A Mobile man who was charged in a chaotic October robbery has been identified as the victim of an early Sunday morning homicide.

Mobile Police found 23-year-old Tyrone Taylor while responding to the report of shots fired on the 4000 block of Cresthaven just before 3 a.m. Sunday morning.

Officers also confirm Taylor was charged for an October 18 robbery at a local convenience store in which bullets were exchanged in a hail of gunfire that involved store employees and bystanders.

Police say the encounter began when 26-year-old Joseph Soutullo walked into the market on 1751 Riverside Drive. Witnesses reported Soutullo produced a handgun and demanded cash. One of the store clerks cooperated, handing over $300. The other, however, reached for a gun behind the counter, firing at Soutullo.

The clerk, however, missed. Instead, his bullet struck a 15-year-old female bystander, who was standing outside the store.

It was then that a man, later identified as Taylor, fired a shot from outside the store while fleeing the scene. The bullet entered a nearby home and struck a television.

Officers arrested Soutullo in a wooded area across from the scene of the robbery in the aftermath of the incident. He was charged with first-degree robbery.

The District Attorney's office decided not to file any charges against the clerk who fired a shot in the incident.

After locating and identifying Taylor, the District Attorney's office did, however file charges against Taylor. He was charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling. When questioned, officers report that he admitted to the shooting, but stated that he intended to hit Soutullo while in his act of robbery.